The Embassy of the United States of America in Brunei Darussalam concluded a two-day virtual training on human trafficking prevention recently for more than 40 Bruneian investigators, prosecutors, police officers, and government employees involved in the fight against Trafficking in...
Brunei Shell Petroleum Company (BSP) In-Country Value (ICV) Department, supported by the Brunei Innovation Lab (BIL), recently held a virtual ICV Forum on Information Technology (IT) and Digitalisation. The ICV Forum on IT and Digitalisation is a series of events...
Brunei Darussalam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate declined by 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021. This was due to a decrease in the Oil and Gas sector by 5.3 per cent. However, the Non-Oil and...
The Early Endemic Phase has been extended for one month, starting 15 January until 14 February 2022, announced the Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister of Finance and Economy in a press briefing. The stay-at-home directive implemented...
Young entrepreneurs are powering up Southeast Asia’s largest economy as it moves toward a post-pandemic recovery. Next to Singapore, Indonesia has the greatest number of unicorns, startups valued at over $1 billion, in the region. The COVID-19 crisis may have...
Good news to fans of the luxury SUV, Range Rover! Indera Motors, the sole distributor of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is introducing special edition Range Rover Sport HST into the Bruneian market. The special-edition model accentuates the dynamic character and...
Progresif is ushering in the new year with attractive mobile and home Wi-Fi plans for a limited time only, exclusively to new customer sign-ups, customers who wish to switch providers as well as existing customers who want to change plans...
The Embassy of the United States of America in Brunei Darussalam is partnering with Big BWN Project and Malaysian-based Biji-Biji Initiative to launch the Brunei Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (YSEALI) Summit 2022, running from March to September 2022. The...
Standard Chartered is rewarding its new credit card applicants with up to $250 worth of vouchers from now until 30 June 2022 when they meet a minimum cumulative spend with their credit card. The first 400 clients to sign up...
Prioritizing investments in renewable energy can help boost Southeast Asian economies toward faster recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. A recent report from Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) estimates that the ASEAN target of investing $27 billion a year...
